Improvement in toys



. JACOB SCHWENNSEN.v

|mprovement in Toys.r

Patented June 1T,A 1372;-A

UNITED STATES JACOB soHwENnEsEN,

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT'IN Tovs.

Specifica-tion forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,927, dated June 11, 1872.

To whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JACOB SoHwENNEsEN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois7 have invented a new and useful Improvement in Toys 5 and I do declare that the following is a true and accurate description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of reference marked thereon and being a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my invention; and Fig. 2 is a detached perspective of the fore-arms of the toy-figure, showing the relative positions of the string and connectingbar lthrou gh the hands.

Like letters refer to like parts in each figure.

This invention has for its object the construction of a toy-gymnast; andit consists of two light wooden bars, mortised through a base-bar near the lower ends thereof, and in passing a string across from their upper ends in such a manner that any toy-figure suspended from it can be made to do all kinds of gymnastic feats by pressing together the lower ends of the bars, below the base-bar, as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawing, A A represent two light wooden bars, connected together by a baseshoulder on the bars A above the base-bar, and a pin inserted through them below it. C represents the gure of a man, being loosely jointed at the hips and shoulders, the hands being connected together by a rod, a. Passing through the hands are the strings b, their ends being secured to the upper ends of the bars A.

The string is so arranged that it will be crossed at either side of the gure,.when the toy-gymnast hangs with extended arms below it. By pressing together the lower ends of the bars, it will be seen that the upper ends of the same are spread apart, thereby causing the strings to straighten out, and of a necessity must change the position of the toy, so that the gyrations produced thereby will cause the figure to execute many ludicrous antics.

I do not claim the bars and strings in themselves; but

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination of the figure C with the cords b b and bars A A B, the gure being attached by its arms, so that the remainder of the body is free to move in any direction.

JACOB SCHWENNESEN. Witnesses:

WM. H. LoTz, HANs PETER ScHWENNEsEN. 

